The Living Way: Stories of Kurozumi Munetada, a Shinto Founder (Sacred Literature Series) - Hardcover

9780742503410: The Living Way: Stories of Kurozumi Munetada, a Shinto Founder (Sacred Literature Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0742503410 ISBN 13: 9780742503410

Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S., 2000

These stories about Kurozumi Munetada (1780-1850) show us a spirituality for everyday living. He was a Japanese priest, poet and healer who looked to the needs of all humankind. We see in them Shinto affirmation of life, for he was a healer of both spirit and body. He was a teacher, showing people of all walks of life the Confucian emphasis on sincerity as the principle of true life. The key to both sincerity and health is overcoming egoistic attachment, a basic teaching of the Buddhist side of Japanese culture. Making it all possible is devotion to Amaterasu the Kami of the sun, who entered his life in a moment of ecstatic unity and who may be realized in each moment of anyone's life as the source of happiness and vigor. His ability to show how that is so drew thousands to his side in his lifetime, sparking a movement that continues to this day in the Kurozumikyo Shinto denomination.

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Synopsis:

These stories about Kurozumi Munetada (1780-1850) shows the reader a spirituality for everyday living. He was a Japanese priest, poet and healer of body and mind. This text is a biography of the founder of the Shinto movement.

About the Author:

Willis Stoesz is Emeritus Professor of Religion, Wright State University.

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